The tendency of humans to punish perceived free-loaders, even at a cost to themselves, is an evolutionary puzzle: punishers perish, and those who benefit the most are those who have never punished at all.
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Milinski, M., Rockenbach, B. Punisher pays. Nature 452, 297–298 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452297a
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